Curd Curry

Curd curry is a very famous recipe enjoyed best with plain rice & Paratha. Curd curry is made with butter milk and spices. Curd curry are made in various style like adding vegetables or urad dhal bonda onto the curry. Today lets see the preparation process for making curd Curry with urad dhal bonda. 

Curry Curd

 Ingredients: Serve - 4

• Butter milk – 2 glass
• Rice – 2tspn
• Red gram – 1tspn
• Urad dhal – 1 glass
• Water – as reqiured
• Onion – 2 (big size)
• Tomato – 1(medium size)
• Green chilly – 7
• Ginger – small piece
• Garlic – 6 pieces
• Dry Coconut – small piece
• Mustard seeds – 1/2tspn
• Urad dhal – 1/2tspn
• Curry leaf – as required
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Salt – 2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Turmeric powder – 1/4tspn
• Oil – 5tspn & deep frying

The following picture shows the step by step process for Curd Curry:

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Method:

1. Wash and soak the urad dhal in water for 1 hour.
2. Take pan, heat 1/2tspn oil in medium flame add rice, red gram and roast for 2 minutes. Keep it aside.(figure 1)
3. Again heat 2tspn of oil in medium flame add 1onion, 5 green chili, ginger, garlic, dry coconut saute for 3 minutes. Then add tomatoes and continue sauteing until tomatoes become soft. Keep aside and let the mixture cool.(figure 2)
4. In a mixer, add items prepared in step 2 & 3. Make a fine paste by adding little water. Keep aside (figure 3)
5. In a mixer, add soaked urad dhal and grind them little softer by adding required water. (figure 4)
6. Now transfer the urad dhal paste into big bowl add 1 onion thin slices, 2 green chili slices, Chopped curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt and mix well.(figure 5)
7. Take a pan, heat 2tspn of oil in medium flame add mustard seeds wait for crackle and then add urad dhal, curry leaves, paste prepared in step 4, saute for 2minutes.(figure 6)
8. Add turmeric powder, salt, 1/4 glass of water and well close with lid & cook for 10 minutes in low flame. (figure 7 & 8)
9. Meanwhile take a pan, heat oil for deep frying. Take the paste which has been prepared in step 6, after heating oil add bonda's and fry until its color change to golden brown. Serve in a plate.(figure 9)
10. Ensure mixture prepared in 8th step is cooled down after cooking for 10 minutes and then add butter milk and mix well. Add bonda's prepared in step 9.(figure 10 & 11)
11. Garnish with coriander leaves and rest the curry for 30 minutes. Then serve in a bowl. (figure 12)

Curd Curry is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step 10, add butter milk to cooled mixture or else curry will spoil.